Sailing Basics on a Coronado 25 in 20 knot winds on Lake Mead

In this video The Desert Sailor and firstmate demonstrate some basic line handling during hoisting the Mainsail and Jib and during tacking. We also give hints on trimming. This is a basic beginner sailor demonstration. We hope to make some more detailed videos like this in the future so subscribe and click the "bell" to get notified!

Winds on the historical data for the buoy out near Sentinel Island in Boulder Basin, Lake Mead (SBBN2) was 12-15 knots with gusts from 20-26 knots.

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=sbbn2
We had one Reef in our fully battoned mainsail and had what I think is I high cut 110 jib. But not sure.

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